Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Answers on Natural Vegetation and Wildlife of India
Question 1: Xerophytes represents the class of vegetation found in
a) tropical rain forest
b) humid micro-thermal climate
c) semi-arid steppes
d) tundra region
Answer: (c)
Question 2: The Littoral and Swamp forests are found mainly in
a) West Bengal and Odisha
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Assam
d) Bihar and Sikkim
Answer: (a)
Question 3: Sal trees are concentrated in
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Assam
c) Bihar
d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (b)
Question 4: Which one of the following mountain chains has two dissimilar types of vegetation on its two slopes?
a) Aravallis
b) Vindhyas
c) Eastern Ghats
d) Western Ghats
Answer: (d)
Question 5: Xerophytic vegetation is a characteristic feature of
a) Chottanagpur
b) Kasi Hills
c) Kutch
d) Eastern Hills
Answer: (c)
Question 6: Which one of the following does not belong to the biosphere reserves set up so far?
a) Great Nicobar
b) Sunderbans
c) Nanda Devi
d) Gulf of Kutch
Answer: (d)
Question 7: The Negrito tribe called the Onge’ live in
a) North Andaman
b) Little Andaman
c) Little Nicobar
d) Great Nicobar
Answer: (c)
Question 8: Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
a) Teak : Jammu and Kashmir
b) Deodar : Madhya Pradesh
c) Sandalwood : Kerala
d) Sundari : West Bengal
Answer: (d)
Question 9: Which one of the following regions of India is now regarded as an ‘ecological hotspots’?
a) Western Himalayas
b) Eastern Himalayas
c) Western Ghats
d) Both ‘b’ and ‘c’
Answer: (d)
Question 10: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Ebony : Tropical evergreen
b) Shisham : Moist Deciduous
c) Walnut : Alpine
d) Birch : Alpine
Answer: (c)
Question 11: The Nokrek Biosphere Research Reserves is located in
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Assam
c) Sikkim
d) Meghalaya
Answer: (d)
Question 12: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Manas : Assam
b) Nokrek : Meghalaya
c) Gulf of Mannar : Tamil Nadu
d) Nanda Devi : Rajasthan
Answer: (d)
Question 13: Which one of the following is not a Biosphere Reserve?
a) Agasthyamalai
b) Nallamalai
c) Nilgiri
d) Pachmarhi
Answer: (b)
Question 14: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Simlipal : Odisha
b) Dehong Debang : Assam
c) Nokrek : Meghalaya
d) Kanchenjunga : Sikkim
Answer: (b)
Question 15: The national Forestry Action Plan aims to bring 33 % of land area in India under tree by which year?
a) 2008
b) 2012
c) 2016
d) 2020
Answer: (a)
Question 16: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Manas : Sikkim
b) Pachmarhi : Madhya Pradesh
c) Nokrek : Meghalaya
d) Achanakmar Amarkantak : Chhattisgarh
Answer: (a)
Question 17: Which one of the following is included in the world list of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO?
a) Kinnaur Region
b) Spiti Valley
c) Nallamalai Hills
d) Sunderbans
Answer: (d)
Question 18: Where is the Asiatic wild ass found?
a) Rann of Kutch
b) Kaziranga
c) Ranathambore
d) Periyar
Answer: (a)
Question 19: Which one of the following is located in the Bastar region?
a) Bandhavgarh National Park
b) Dandeli Sanctuary
c) Rajaji National Park
d) Indravati National Park
Answer: (d)
Question 20: Which one of the following is also known as top slip?
a) Simlipal National Park
b) Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
c) Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary
d) Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park
Answer: (d)
Question 21: Which one of the following places is the natural habitat of Lion tailed Macaque?
a) Maikala hills
b) Neora Valley
c) Nilgiris
d) Pachmarhi
Answer: (c)
Question 22: In which of the regions of India do you find tropical rain forest?
a) North West and South East
b) Central India
c) North East
d) South West and North East
Answer: (c)
Question 23: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Bhitarkanika : Odisha
b) Coondapur : Karnataka
c) Vembanad : Kerala
d) Coringa : Bihar
Answer: (d)
Question 24: The timber of which one of the following trees is used for making cricket bats?
a) Deodar
b) Sal
c) Teak
d) Willow
Answer: (d)
Question 25: Which one of the following was recently declared as Biosphere Reserve by the Ministry of Environment and Forest?
a) Manas
b) Simlipal
c) Kanchenjunga
d) Panna
Answer: (d)
Question 26: Which one of the following is caused by bamboo flowering?
a) Rainfall decreases
b) Pests and insects increases
c) Land becomes infertile
d) Population of rats increases
Answer: (d)
Question 27: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Pench : Assam
b) Manas : Assam
c) Periyar : Kerala
d) Bandipur : Karnataka
Answer: (a)
Question 28: Which one of the following is not a site for in-situ method of conservation of flora?
a) Biosphere Reserve
b) Botanical Garden
c) National Park
d) Wildlife Sanctuary
Answer: (b)
Question 29: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Eturnagaram : Telangana
b) Bandipur : Karnataka
c) Guindy : Telangana
d) Periyar : Kerala
Answer: (c)
Question 30: Which one of the following pairs is the first National Park established in India?
a) Bandipur
b) Corbett
c) Velavadar
d) Periyar
Answer: (b)
Question 31: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Chandra Prabha : Udaipur
b) Karera : Jhansi
c) Jaisamand : Udaipur
d) Nahargarh : Jaipur
Answer: (a)
Question 32: In which one of the following states is Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary located?
a) Karnataka
b) Kerala
c) Udaipur
d) Odisha
Answer: (a)
Question 33: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Dachigam : Jammu and Kashmir
b) Bandhavgarh : Bihar
c) Bannerghatta : Karnataka
d) Simlipal : Odisha
Answer: (b)
Question 34: Which one of the following has become a nesting place for the giant Olive Ridley turtles from South America?
a) Goa
b) Gujarat
c) Odisha
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (c)
Question 35: Open stunted forests with bushes and small trees having long roots and sharp thorns and spines are commonly found in
a) Eastern Odisha
b) North Eastern Tamil Nadu
c) Siwaliks and Terai region
d) Western Andhra Pradesh
Answer: (d)
Question 36: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Western Ghats : Tropical Evergreen
b) Himachal Pradesh : Himalayan moist forest
c) Haryana and Punjab : Tropical Evergreen
d) Chhotanagpur Plateau : Tropical moist deciduous
Answer: (c)
Question 37: Which one of the following types of forest is a teak dominant tree species?
a) Tropical moist deciduous Forest
b) Tropical Rain Forest
c) Tropical thorn scrub Forest
d) Temperate Forest with grassland
Answer: (a)
Question 38: Which one of the following has been cited as a major project for linking existing protected areas in India?
a) Eastern Ghats
b) Gir Forests
c) Western Ghats
d) Kaziranga Sanctuary
Answer: (a)
Question 39: Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a) In India Red Panda is naturally found in the Western Himalayas only.
b) In India Slow Loris lives in the dense forest of the North-East.
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None of the above
Answer: (b)
Question 40: The Great Indian Bustard is a
a) Vulnerable species
b) endangered species
c) rare species
d) flourishing species
Answer: (b)
Question 41: Which one of the following National Parks is unique in being a swamp with floating vegetation that supports a rich biodiversity?
a) Bhitarkanika National Park
b) Keibul Lamjao National Park
c) Keoladeo Ghana National Park
d) Sultanpur National Park
Answer: (b)
Question 42: Which one of the following is an in-situ tiger reserve in India?
a) Dudhwa
b) Gulf of Myanmar
c) Western Ghats
d) Agasthyamalai
Answer: (a)
Question 43: Which one of the following is not a world heritage site of India?
a) Sunderbans National Park
b) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
c) Simlipal
d) Kaziranga National Park
Answer: (c)
Question 44: The Tropical Forest in India are located in
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Sikkim
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d) Andamans
Answer: (d)
Question 45: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) National Park : Bhitarkanika
b) Sanctuary : Chilika
c) Biosphere Reserve : Nokrek
d) Tiger Reserve : Chilika
Answer: (d)
Question 46: Which one of the following National Parks has a climate that varies from tropical to sub tropical temperate and arctic?
a) Khangchendzonga National Park
b) Nanda Devi National Park
c) Neora Valley National Park
d) Namdapha National Park
Answer: (d)
Question 47: The Manas National Park is situated in the state of
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Jharkhand
c) Assam
d) West Bengal
Answer: (c)
Question 48: Where are most Tropical Rain Forest in India are located?
a) Near the North Pole
b) Near the South Pole
c) Near the Equator
d) In the Western hemisphere
Answer: (c)
Question 49: The Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in
a) West Bengal
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Sikkim
d) Kerala
Answer: (d)
Question 50: Simlipal National Park is located in
a) Odisha
b) Jharkhand
c) Assam
d) West Bengal
Answer: (a)